Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that doesn't make a mistake is the man that never attempts anything and his life is one long mistake. Creeds are of the utmost value out do not be bound by creeds of iron. They are like bands that encircle the growing tree. Either the tree will burst them or the growing wood will make it difficult for man to find them. So with iron creeds. They will be burst, or hidden until an ecclesiastical trial brings them to light Press forward to do better work than your fathers, and, to five better lives than your fathers...
...launch is laid up for the winter at Sawley's yard, South Boston. The boat is an expensive one to run. She has a coil boiler which has a habit of bursting about every other day. The virtue of being able to get up steam in a few minutes has to be paid for by an uncertainty of keeping it up. The cost of keeping the boat in repair is fully equal to that of running her. She is not a good boat for cold weather. There is no house over the running gear, so that the many water pipes...